"Accountability isn’t about punishment for punishment’s sake—it’s about helping someone take responsibility and change," says Saints standout Malcolm Jenkins, urging a "no" vote on Amendment 3. "It’s ...

This week, two St. James Parish residents who recently wrote a piece for the Lens on their families’ deep roots in the region ...

Mizani Ball on family and friends settling in to their traditional parade watching spots on the route. Katy Reckdahl on a ...

After 32 years away, Anthony Hingle Jr. is back in town, continuing the work of his father, Flagboy Meathead, a legend among ...

Special guest Ned Randolph on Entergy's proposal to build a massive AI data center in an impoverished section of north Louisiana that Meta is eyeing. Nick Chrastil on the state's push to use nitrogen ...

Beyond the condemned, I've seen the harm done to family members, victims, prison guards, and even jurors. There may be too ...

THIS IS PART OF “OPERATING CAPITAL,” AN ONGOING LENS DISCUSSION ABOUT LOUISIANA’S RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS. “Wait, what?” people said at the time, in 1996. They’d heard that police had arrested ...